# 2022's Biggest Crypto Moments

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Dec 14, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/2022s-biggest-crypto-moments*

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It's a time for reflection. Let's absorb the lessons, so we can get off on the right foot in 2023.

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### TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro

5:00 Top 5 Worst Moments

Tornado Cash Ban

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916

Terra Collapse

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/the-fall-of-terra-a-timeline-of-the-meteoric-rise-and-crash-of-ust-and-luna/

3AC Contagion

https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1536876343815983104?lang=en

Ronin & Wormhole Hacks

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wormhole-token-bridge-loses-321m-in-largest-hack-so-far-in-2022

FTX

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/business/ftx-bankruptcy.html

21:00 Top 5 Best Moments

Supporting Ukraine https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282

Layer 2 Transactions

https://l2beat.com/scaling/activity

Social Media NFTs

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/12/05/minting-of-reddit-avatar-tokens-climbed-to-record-high-over-weekend/

The Merge

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1570306185391378434

29:00 Top 5 Villains

Richard Heart

https://twitter.com/richardheartwin/status/1533892570996166662

Alex Mashinsky

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/celsius-executives-withdrew-millions-before-freeze-on-customer-funds.html

Su Zhu & Kyle Davies

https://twitter.com/KyleLDavies/status/1522813352665403392

https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462216210116853762

Do Kwon

https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1523733542492016640

SBF

https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1591989554881658880

44:00 Top 5 Heroes

Michael Saylor

https://fortune.com/2022/07/02/microstrategys-bitcoin-holdings-take-a-record-3-4-billion-hit-the-company-says-its-playing-the-long-game/

Anthony Sassano

https://www.youtube.com/@UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA 

Cobie

https://cobie.substack.com/

ZachXBT

https://twitter.com/zachxbt?lang=en

ETH Developers

https://twitter.com/icebearhww/status/1431970802040127498

Parithosh Jayanthi

https://twitter.com/parithosh_j

Marius Van Der Wijden

https://twitter.com/vdwijden

Ben Edgington

https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz

Tim Beiko

https://twitter.com/TimBeiko

54:10 Honorable Mentions

Gary Gensler

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/gary-gensler-crypto-sec.html

Budweiser

https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1507507766759411712

Pixelmon

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/pixelmon-nft-project-kevin-meme/

The Fed

https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/05/jerome-powell-most-influential-2022/

https://imgur.com/rcvd3Ex

1:00:50 The TOP Moment

https://twitter.com/0x_Lucas/status/1526237799699169281